Valvata sibirica

Valvata sibirica is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.

Valvata sibirica
Three shells of Valvata sibirica
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Tropidina

H. & A. Adams, 1854
Species:
V. sibirica
Binomial name
Valvata sibirica

Distribution

This species occurs in Russia.

Habitat

This snail lives in freshwater habitats.

References

  1. IUCN (2008). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 November 2008.
  2. Middendorff, A. T. von. 1851. Mollusken. pp. [1], 163-464, Table. VIII-XXX [= 8-30], in: Brandt, F., Erichson, W. F., Fischer, S., Grube, E., Ménétriés, E. & Middendorff, A. T. von: Reise in den äussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens während der Jahre 1843 und 1844. Volume II. Zoologie. Number 1. Wirbellose Thiere: Annulaten. Echinodermen. Insecten. Krebse. Mollusken. Parasiten. pp. 1-516, Tables I-XXXII [= 1-32]. St. Petersburg.
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